He runs Germany's largest maker of eyeglasses, a venerable family-owned company started by his great-grandfather in 1877.

So to keep the cycle from slowing down, the venerable French company is in the midst of an effort to refresh its fashion business.

Then another change took him to Whitbread's, a venerable company that owned breweries, real estate and retail establishments.

When a venerable Colombian company that makes light fixtures badly needed capital, salvation came from an unusual source.

But by the time both passed from American ownership in the 1980's, these venerable companies had been through tough times.

In a decade, this move would cause the undoing of the venerable company and its practices and traditions.

The venerable company, founded in 1854, has been radically transformed in the last decade after its move to the Marais.

He won the post after successfully modernizing the house of Guy Laroche, a venerable French company that had been flailing since the early 1990's.

The deal brings together two venerable companies that have worldwide operations.

The merger brings together one of Norway's most venerable companies with a fast-growing new company.